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I PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908. E. B. BARTHOLOMEW.

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I APPLICATION TILED AUG. 6,1907.

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I lllmll II IIIIIIIIIIH I III I II II-IIII III/l/ UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

EUGENE E. BARTHOLOMEW, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE SINGLE STAVEBARREL COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

BARREL.

Original application filed September 10,

Specification of Letters Patent.

1903, Serial No. 172,625. Divided and this application filed August 6,1907.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Serial No. 387,310. 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE E. BAR- THOLOMEW, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Barrels, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to that type of barrels which are made fromveneer, and has for its object the provision of a barrel that is simpleand economical of construction, that When headed up will preserve a truebarrel shape and that is particularly useful wherever a veneer barrelmay be desirable. The barrel is preferably formed from a single blankwhich is gored at the ends in a manner which will permit it to assume atrue barrel form when headed up and at the same time provide smallopenings for the purpose of ventilation. In forming such gores, I amenabled to make use of very simple and inexensive mechanism and toproduce a very satisfactory barrel at small cost.

The invention forming the subject matter of this application is adivision from my prior app ication filed September 10, 1903, Serial No.172,625.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 represents a blank of which the bodyof the barrel may be formed and Fig. 2 represents a completed barrel asformed from said blank.

The completed article is shown at 10, but its body portion is made of asingle piece 11, or may be made of a plurality of pieces or blanks ofconsiderably greater width than the ordinary stave, such body portionbeing provided with recesses extendmg inwardly from the edges thereof.

Each of the recesses is of stepped form, bein made up of several kerfsof varying widt s. Three such kerfs, 12, 13 and 14 are shown for eachrecess, although the number thereof may be varied. The kerf 12, which isformed adjacent to and extends through the edge of the blank is thewidest curve of the recess; kerf 13, which extends inwardly from thekerf 12, is of less width than the kerf 12; and the kerf 14, whichextends inwardly from the kerf 13 is the narrowest of the three kerfs. Aparticular point of advantage in the shape of these recesses is the factthat, in making the same, no special machine is needed, it being onlynecessary to mount several saws of different diameters on a commomarbor, enabling the gore or recess to be formed in a very economicalmanner.

In making up the barrel from the blank herein described, the said blankis brought around a former, the edges 15 and 16 are brought intocontact, and the ends of the blank are compressed so that the ends ofthe kerfs 12 will be brought into contact on the inside of the barrel.The inner ends of the kerfs 12 and 13 will not be entirely closed,leaving openings 17 and 18 extending entirely through the barrel andproviding means for ventilating the same. The barrel will be providedwith the ordinary end hoops 19 and intermediate hoops 20. In addition toits adaptability for a ventilated barrel,

the form of blank herein described is useful for nail kegs, the openings17 and 18 in a blank for such kegs being sufficiently small to preventthe nails from escaping readily therefrom.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A blank for the body of a barrel or keg, oblong in form and havingparallel sidesintended to constitute the ends of the barrel or keg, saidblank having kerfs extending in from said sides, each of said kerfsdiminishing in width from the side of the blank and being stepped,substantially as specified.

2. A barrel or keg having its body formed of a blank or blanks havingkerfs extending inwardly from the sides of said blank or blanks, each ofsaid kerfs diminishing in width from the side of the blank and beingstepped, whereby, when the blank or blanks are contracted at the sidesthereof by the application of the hoops, graduated openings are providedin the barrel or keg for ventilation, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

EUGENE E. BARTHOLOMEW.

Witnesses:

L. J. PETRE, J. B. HULL.

